Seth Godin with the reminder that you can’t always have the good without the bad.

After watching this week’s Strange New Worlds, I went back and watched Amok Time. They’ve really done a nice job of building a Spock/T’Pring/Chapel backstory that adds depth to The Original Series episode. 🖖

Signed my oldest up for her college move-in time. Now headed to the Apple Store to get her a computer. It’s getting real.

Vampire cat.

I’ve had this small task hovering over my head for about a week. Finally sat down this morning and knocked it out in about 30 minutes. Someday, I’ll learn to just make some time each day to knock out the small stuff.

Insomnia is kicking my ass tonight. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.

According to Facebook Memories, 12 years ago, people were asking me for Google+ invites. Just a reminder that initial hype doesn’t translate into long term success.

Threads arrival shows social media is fragmenting like traditional media did - The Washington Post

Social media has now splintered in the same way the traditional media did, with unclear long-term effects.

Billboard companies always give me PSD (Photoshop) templates and I don’t understand that at all. Who builds billboards in Photoshop?

Predictably, the mass media narrative about Instagram Threads is 100% Twitter vs. Threads and Elon vs. Zuckerberg. Mastodon, Bluesky, ActivityPub and Fediverse only rarely appear in news articles.